Bernalillo County medical transport company named in DOJ fraud takedown
Federal and state officials are trying to seize more than $2 million from Safeway Medical Transportation, accusing the Albuquerque company of billing Medicaid for fake rides.
A civil forfeiture complaint names Safeway Medical Transportation LLC, owned by Abdisaid Mohamed, and accuses it of billing for rides that never happened, duplicate trips and inflated mileage. The complaint seeks to seize more than $2 million in funds it says came from New Mexico Medicaid fraud.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced the action on June 23, 2026, as part of the Justice Department’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The takedown led to charges against 455 defendants nationwide, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, and involved more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims. The operation covered 56 federal districts and 45 states and territories, brought in 50 state Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and included seizures of more than $182 million in cash, luxury vehicles, jewelry and other assets.
Safeway Medical Transportation LLC is a New Mexico domestic limited liability company formed on March 26, 2018. Its National Provider Identifier record lists the company as an Albuquerque non-emergency medical transport provider, with an active registration dating to April 4, 2018 and NPI 1306342571. The company’s business location is Albuquerque in Bernalillo County.
The complaint accuses Safeway of billing Medicaid for drivers taking themselves to appointments, for trips that never occurred and through other fraudulent billing practices, including duplicate trips, inflated mileage and falsified transportation records. The seized funds are alleged to be proceeds of a scheme to defraud New Mexico Medicaid and tied to money laundering.
Ellison said fraud in health care programs can devastate vulnerable communities because providers are stealing from public programs they rely on. Torrez said his office would keep aggressively investigating and prosecuting health care fraud, prescription drug fraud and related financial crimes.
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